Structural and segregational instability in plasmid biology

Plasmids: Genetics, Applications and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-99

  Oliveira, Pedro H ^a   Prazeres, Duarte M F ^a   Monteiro, Gabriel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DNA vaccine; Genetic instability; Mutation; Plasmid DNA; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891976095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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